Florida Statute 794.021 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 794
SEXUAL BATTERY

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F.S. 794.021

794.021 Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.—When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense.

History.—s. 2, ch. 74-121.

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Amendments to 794.021

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 794.021

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 794.021.

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Cases Citing Statute 794.021

Total Results: 15

Cary Caster v. Roger Miller

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-06-26T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: -265, 3D22-266 Lower Tribunal Nos. 21-793, 21-794, 21-795, 21-796, 21-4023, 21-2539

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-04.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-11-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 257 So. 3d 370

Snippet: 937 So.2d 818 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006); § 794.021, Fla. Stat. *374 The defendant&

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-INSTRUCTIONS 7.8, 7.8(A), and 11.1-11.6(A)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-04-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 3d 1055, 2016 WL 1460708

Snippet: medical purposes is not a sexual battery. § 794.021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age,…is not a defense to the crime charged. § 794.021, Fla.'Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s)…a finger. “Union” means contact. § 794-021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age,

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-01-29T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 156 So. 3d 1037

Snippet: chastity is not a defense to the crime charged. § 794.021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age, (victim

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases – Report No. 2014-03

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-01-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: not a defense to the crime charged. § 794.021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age, … not a defense to the crime charged. § 794.021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age, … not a defense to the crime charged. § 794.021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age,

Escambia County School District/Board v. Vickery-Orso

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-04-03T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 109 So. 3d 1242, 2013 WL 1316535, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5442

Snippet: resignation: $794.21. Using the most strict reading of the statute: sixty-six percent of 794.21 is 524.1786…524.1786. One percent of 794.21 is 7.9421. Two-thirds of one percent of 794.21 — that is, two-thirds of 7.9421…of the AWW. In this example, one would multiply 794.21 by two to get 1,588.42, and then divide 1,588.42…number — gives a different, less accurate, result: 794.21 times .66667 is 529.4759807, which, rounded to … the JCC’s multiplier gives yet a third result: 794.21 times .6667 is 529.499807, which, rounded to cents

State v. Washington

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-06-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 114 So. 3d 182, 2012 WL 2400879, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 10401

Snippet: left no doubt as to its intention that [section 794.021] be treated as a strict liability crime for which…upheld the constitutionality of sections 794.05 and 794.021, imposing strict liability for statutory rape where

Brown v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-05-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 11 So. 3d 428, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 5871, 2009 WL 1424047

Snippet: supplement contains an erroneous reference to section 794.021 (ignorance of victim's age no defense). This

Rivera v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 1 So. 3d 1158, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 360, 2009 WL 188047

Snippet: defense to the crime with which he was charged. § 794.021; see Feliciano v. State, 937 So.2d 818, 819 (Fla

Feliciano v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-09-20T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 937 So. 2d 818

Snippet: the minor's age. To the contrary, section 794.021, Florida Statutes (2003), provides that ignorance…required to prove criminal scienter . . . . Section 794.021, Florida Statutes (2000), unequivocally provides

Hodge v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-03-09T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 866 So. 2d 1270

Snippet: criminal scienter on the part of Hodge. Section 794.021, Florida Statutes (2000), unequivocally provides

Huffman v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2000-06-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 813 So. 2d 10

Snippet: same chapter, the Legislature enacted section 794.021, titled "Involuntary Sexual Battery."

State v. Sorakrai

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-04-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 543 So. 2d 294

Snippet: statutory rape, the legislature provided in section 794.021 that: When, in this chapter, the criminality of…our view that the legislature intended section 794.021 to be operative in the implementation of section…; Simmons. Thus, we are persuaded that section 794.021 forecloses Sorakrai from a defense based upon the

Smith v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-12-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 365 So. 2d 405

Snippet: the applicable statutory provision as Section 794.021(2), Florida Statutes (1975). This is an obvious… 1, 1974. Ch. 74-121, Laws of Florida. Section 794.021, which is cited in the information, does not create

Donaldson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-02-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 356 So. 2d 351, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15480

Snippet: , the first count alleging a violation of F.S. 794.021(1) (apparently intending to allege a violation